William L. Shirer Reading Order
1 series · 92 books
William L. Shirer was an American journalist and historian whose meticulous research and eyewitness experience shaped his monumental works on twentieth-century history. Best known for The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, his comprehensive chronicle of Nazi Germany became a definitive historical text that has influenced academic study and public understanding of World War II for generations. Drawing on his background as a war correspondent, Shirer crafted detailed, accessible narratives that transformed complex historical events into compelling prose for both scholarly and general readers.
Standalone Novels Series
Complete92 books
Start with Stranger come home, the first of 92 books in the Standalone Novels series.
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 | 20th Cen Journey |
| 2 | 20th Cent. Journey |
| 3 | 20th Century Journey |
| 4 | 20th Century Journey |
| 5 | 20th Century Journey |
| 6 | 20th Century Journey: A Memoir of a Life and the Times : The Start |
| 7 | A Native's Return, 1945-1988 (Twentieth-Century Journey) |
| 8 | A native's return, 1945-1988 |
| 9 | All about the rise and fall of Adolf Hitler |
| 10 | Amor y Odio |
| 11 | An August to remember |
| 12 | An August to remember |
| 13 | Berlin Diary Part 1 Of 2 |
| 14 | Berlin Diary Part 2 Of 2 |
| 15 | Berlin Diary 1934-1941 |
| 16 | Berlin Diary-V01 |
| 17 | Berlin Diary-V02 |
| 18 | Berlin diary |
| 19 | Berlin diary |
| 20 | Berlin diary |
| 21 | Berlin diary |
| 22 | Berliner Tagebuch. |
| 23 | Bob Dylan |
| 24 | Collapse of the Third-V1 |
| 25 | Collapse of the Third-V2 |
| 26 | Collapse of the Third-V3 |
| 27 | Daisan Teikoku no kōbō |
| 28 | End of a Berlin Diary |
| 29 | End of a Berlin diary |
| 30 | End of a Berlin diary |
| 31 | End of a Berlin diary |
| 32 | Gandhi |
| 33 | Gandhi, a memoir |
| 34 | La chute de la iiieme republique |
| 35 | Love and hatred |
| 36 | Love and hatred |
| 37 | Midcentury journey |
| 38 | Midcentury journey |
| 39 | NATIVES RETURN, A (Twentieth Century Journey) |
| 40 | NIGHTMARE YEARS, THE (Twentieth Century Journey, Vol 2) |
| 41 | Nightmare Years, The |
| 42 | Nightmare Yrs,the |
| 43 | Qiyām wa suqūṭ al-raīkh al-thalith |
| 44 | Rise and Fall of Adolf Hitle |
| 45 | Rise and Fall of the Thir-V1 |
| 46 | Rise and Fall of the Thir-V2 |
| 47 | Rise and Fall of the Thir-V3 |
| 48 | Rise and Fall of the Thir-V4 |
| 49 | Sinking of the Bismarck |
| 50 | Start, The |
| 51 | Sterling Point Books: The Sinking of the Bismarck |
| 52 | Stranger, come home |
| 53 | The Collapse Of The Third Republic Part 1 Of 3 |
| 54 | The Collapse Of The Third Republic Part 2 Of 3 |
| 55 | The Collapse Of The Third Republic Part 3 Of 3 |
| 56 | The Nightmare Years 1930-1940 (20th Century Journey |
| 57 | The Nightmare Years Part 1 of 2 |
| 58 | The Nightmare Years Part 2 of 2 |
| 59 | The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich Part 1 of 4 |
| 60 | The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich Part 2 of 4 |
| 61 | The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich Part 3 of 4 |
| 62 | The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich Part 4 of 4 |
| 63 | The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich vol.2 |
| 64 | The challenge of Scandinavia |
| 65 | The challenge of Scandinavia: Norway, Sweden, Denmark, and Finland in our time |
| 66 | The collapse of the Third Republic |
| 67 | The collapse of the Third Republic |
| 68 | The collapse of the Third Republic |
| 69 | The consul's wife |
| 70 | The deadly hunt |
| 71 | The nightmare years, 1930-1940 |
| 72 | The rise and fall of Adolf Hitler |
| 73 | The sinking of the Bismarck |
| 74 | The traitor |
| 75 | This Is Berlin |
| 76 | This Is Berlin |
| 77 | Tolstoy Love and Hatred the Stormy Marria |
| 78 | Twentieth Century Journ-V1 |
| 79 | Twentieth Century Journ-V2 |
| 80 | Twentieth Century Journey |
| 81 | Vzlet i padenie Tretʹego Reĭkha |
| 82 | William L. Shirer : 20th Century Journey, a Memoir of a Life and the Times : The Start : 1904-1930/the Nightmare Years |
| 83 | Xitele wai zhuan |
| 84 | ʻAliyato u-nefilato shel ha-Raikh ha-shelishi |
| 85 | ナチ・ドイツの滅亡 |
| 86 | ヒトラーの台頭 |
| 87 | ヨーロッパの征服 |
| 88 | 第二次世界大戦 |
| 89 | Stranger come home 1955 |
| 90 | The Collapse of the Third Republic 1970 |
| 91 | The collapse of the Third Republic ; an inquiry into the fall of France in 1940 1971 |
| 92 | The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich 2003 |
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